Top Shelf: Charting paths to Olympic gold for USA, Canada
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Hosts Levi Smith, Josh Wegman, Kyle Cushman, and John Matisz preview the Olympic men's hockey tournament with a fun fill-in-the-blank exercise.
- Rundown of Olympic groups, playoff format (0:00)
- "Canada will lose if _____" (1:10)
- "Team USA's tournament hopes rely on _____" (11:00)
- "_____ has the most to lose/gain in this tournament" (18:08)
- "_____ will carry his country to the quarterfinals" (30:47)
- "_____ is the dark horse country nobody's talking about" (36:30)
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